Going over speed humps too fast

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So I was driving along an unfamiliar road today, turned from one road to another and started to accelerate to 30mph, must have reached around 25mph when I suddenly see one of those speed hump types that blend in the road, it disguised itself very well! partly due to sun glare, I tried to break to slow down, must have gone down to somewhere between 18-23mph when I went over and my car jumped (expectedly) and made a loud thud noise, part of it was probably stuff in the boot, but now am worried and slightly paranoid that I might have damaged something. :(

Didn't hear any noise immediately after or drive back to home apart from one clunk noise when i went over another speed hump, but am likely to have damaged something? Anyone else ever damaged something because of a speed hump?
 
Unless it was a really sharp speed bump, the likes of which you get in supermarket carparks and such, I wouldn't worry.
 
Fortunately it wasn't those horrible supermarket ones, but it was quite angular, it was one of those bricked speed humps that are raised to be level with pavements.

Maybe if you got it airborune you might have damaged the motor mounts when you landed but seriously i doubt it.
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Oh that would have been seriously epic to get it airbourne! Fortunately it wasn't quite, it just sort of jumped probably due to braking so sharply and all the weight going to the front and going too fast over it, just worried as its an old car the suspensions ain't exactly going to be in their strongest condition and I could have thumped the sump or petrol tank etc. Such a noob mistake to make.
 
Next time release the brakes before you get to the speed bump.

By applying your brakes you compress your front suspension, thus reducing the amount of suspension travel. When you release the brakes, the front of the car springs up past it's normal level, giving a little extra travel to the suspension.
 
Tomsk said:
Next time release the brakes before you get to the speed bump.

By applying your brakes you compress your front suspension, thus reducing the amount of suspension travel. When you release the brakes, the front of the car springs up past it's normal level, giving a little extra travel to the suspension.
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Confirmed for good advice.
 
Yeah, don't brake over speed bumps. Probably just slammed it into the bump stops, unlikely to be able to ground out a standard car with bump stops. If you made chassis-tarmac contact it will sound absolutely horrendous.
 
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